digits: The Beatles Invade iTunes

11/16/2010 1:26PM

Beatles songs are finally available in Apple's iTunes store. But ATD's Peter Kafka says that iTunes is all about apps these days, while digital music sales have flattened out - and even the Fab Four may have a hard time changing that.

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Apple put on on on on on its website and I guess the big question for soldiers who does this benefit war is Apple was that the plan ... would see someone with the band gets money ... at the record label EMI kids money that's been working for them because their owner for ... private equity company needs the money for it that way writes I am accused of Citigroup ... and Apple will make some money from the digital sell but how much they had to give up ... but it was important but it doesn't matter how many songs Apple sells here because this is Ostling ... great great marketing tool box for how the right to store it doesn't win out or become iTunes and by its own or if you buy video we buy at Apple's happy to matter what the Gazer baronetcy spending money I wanted Bring and Dan Gallagher is that Sanford's as go with MarketWatch and Dan downshifting this this move can I say helped lead to the might ... of digital music sales which have been knocked the point when we kept Andreessen has in recent history ... I it's possible automobiles are surely big at the end of the average charge obeyed continues to sell music ... by after all these years ... I guess the question that soon on my mind and want to see how the sales ... wrap up is that ... on ... the Nobel for so long ... it's it's questionable how many people out there that love us fans ... will actually been Abidin music on iTunes as pursuing law bans on Yemen CDs ... with the songs from the scene to see these two new I pods ... I'm so it's a I'm not sure how many are out there it's been waiting to buy the music this way specifically the TAB have don't have it yet ... by the Gramps E on AG upped its bid ... catalog or not please all those people might be some folks ... forget about is ... that much of an impulse buy ... but notice is aimed at people who have a lot of Beatles music but not all of them one by punts on ... on the results of two generations here to either new to the Beatles and will be accused of a percent or less revenue to iTunes in the half of the only got on recently for them the idea that deals ... I pod is kind of a new exciting and there we were quick to dismiss this and it did write downs all have of folks are just getting on board and some people don't don't have DVD players OCD plans so that on ... the market is not really make the digital music business but it's good that the boy did I did something different but to my trusty profile if not also with Dad if he were people which for which it paid ... um it's hard to pick out like I like them all from afar fall ... for yours but such ... wind always seems am the most fun ... of day and which will give BMW ... bought last ... 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I may be his or her whole house will only Ambac's loaded Dell things ... whatever the Democrats minus all the way it's not completely flick of the big one RIM has some great corporate ... advantages that is the everyman apply pre everyone aware group with vocal but please read yet I think this comes down to ... ease the tablet a luxury to the tollway was having a lot of hype and users are finding right now I don't admit it or is the minute you have to have it it's a corporate tool everyone needs to own one if that's the case meant that Cerberus are probably so was treated after half ... time like the I pod them ... to mimic the Apple's market ... mean you don't have someone I thought ... Oh my God that decided the issue ... this year that it was a way yes final at from yen ... I did want see all plays out next year when I see I've tablets coming out of mobile device based server with Motorola ... and women to see how Sinovel's perform ... and I will come in partnerships of the companies make with their wireless I carrier partners to sell those things ... by the ruling Shia watch ... them with their interest in washable common to both of you ... and all but one that happens thank you very much bang Delano with MarketWatch incentive to thank you remits it kept ... on Simon Qassam on that's it That's digits for now we're back to full within use of of of Kuwait afternoon ...